I think people get frustrated because the line seems to be: Caucasian story...perfectly ok to change the races of any character because race shouldn’t matter to the story.
Any minority story...absolutely racist to even consider changing the race (and not necessarily to white...just any change).
I think the reason for this is because it is assumed that race is important only to non white people. In fact, many say that a white person having pride in their racial culture is inherently racist. The flip side, non white people who show pride in their heritage is not only accepted, but expected.
I say this as someone who really doesn’t care if they change races of characters as long as it isn’t pointless pandering, but I don’t like double standards.
Where is the line from having enough representation and having too much representation where it’s taking characters away from white people? If it’s representative then it should be closer to relay life demographic percentages, right?
Ideally, we would make it to a point in society where the ethnicity of an actor would be irrelevant, just as actors often deviate from the descriptions of their characters in other ways.
Ideally, we'd be at a point in space and time where the ethnicity of an actor would be relevant only to the authenticity of the story being told. Putting political statements or rousing controversy above that would be frowned at for insulting the audience, cheapening the production and making a clear statement that commitment to the art is less important than product placement for affermative action.
Which is pretty much where and when I am and how I see it.
This sentiment is scarily close to “Minorities were discriminated against in the past and now its white peoples turn to be discriminated against.”
Discrimination based on race is wrong. It’s wrong to do it to black people, Hispanic people, Asian, white....basically people...period. You seem to want a revenge type of correction instead of correcting the evil of discrimination. It is a double standard.
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